October Crisis

The Russian Revolution was a series of events that destroyed the Tsarist autocracy, and created the Soviet Union. Many of the events that lead to this were such as the February revolution, the October revolution and the Russian Civil War. These three revolutions took place between March 8, 1917 and October 1922. The Russian revolution made a huge impact on many countries around the world as Russia began a new era under the Soviet Union. The first revolution that took place in Russia was the…

The docu-series Underworld, Inc premiered in 2015, first in the United Kingdom then later in the United States. The series works backwards from consumer to source to look into illegal activities around the world. The series was produced in the United Kingdom by Wall to Wall Media Production Co., and was distributed by National Geographic. The series sixth episode, “Fake Pharma”, was produced by Laura Gamse, Christopher Lent, and James Adames, and it documents the counterfeit pharmaceutical…

There are predictably four prominent stages in nearly all hostage/barricade situations: pre-crisis, crisis, accommodation/negotiation, and resolution (Vecchi, 2009). The first stage, pre-crisis, occurs “when a person goes about his or her normal routine with no specific knowledge of the looming event. During this stage, the person may or may not be aware of an impending problem. The crisis stage is characterized by high emotions, low rationality, and an inability to cope with a problem that is…

What do you think of when you hear the word crisis? Do you think of something that happened in history, or do you think of things that are happening in your own life? “The American Crisis” as better known as just “The Crisis” was a series of pamphlets that Thomas Paine wrote after writing his well known pamphlet, “Common Sense”. There are sixteen pamphlets in total and all of them were published from 1776 to 1783. Thomas Paine’s The Crisis uses pathos most effectively because it utilizes the…

Believer of Communism, Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist and Soviet politician that led the revolutionary win of the Bolshevik Party in October 1917. Leon Trotsky was the founder and leader of the Red Army, but his revolutionary activity began from a young age. Trotsky was known for being a prolific writer that informed people about his opinions on the aspects of the Russian Revolution and government through numerous journals and articles. Although a comrade and close companion of Vladimir…

the Mensheviks, or “minority”). Once Lenin began spouting revolutionary rhetoric, he was exiled from Russia to prevent him from causing unrest. During the Revolution of 1905, Lenin called for an uprising against the imperial government. After the October Manifesto was passed, Lenin returned to St. Petersburg (then Russia’s capital) and resumed revolutionary activities. During the Revolution of 1905, revolutionaries briefly took control of St. Petersburg and created a soviet (a council of…

Style as a Challenge to Society Have you ever wanted to be different from others? So did "Stilyagi" in USSR. In the postwar years on the streets of Soviet cities were strange young people who were defiantly different from others; they were easily recognized by their colorful clothes and fancy hairstyle. After a series of local fashionistas, as flâneur and dandy, Stilyagi took their place. Their history - is a truly unique history of free and bold people in a country of slaves. In…

Both the French Revolution of the late 18th century and the Russian Revolution of the early 20th century share a few similarities. Both countries had a monarchy with a ruler that could not properly assist his people, specifically the classes that were heavily taxed on. However, Russia had a pre-revolution in 1905 to express to Tsar Nicholas II the dissatisfaction his people had with his leadership. Both revolutions were successful in overthrowing the monarchy, however, the years after the…

"The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it." This quote sums up exactly what went wrong with the revolution on Animal Farm, as Old Major provided the animals with a picture of a utopian world where every animal was to work to his capability, and still never go hungry, and enjoy luxuries that were never even thought of with Jones on the farm. But when the revolution became a…

During 1917, Russia undergoes an explosive uprising known as the Russian Revolution in which the Bolsheviks overthrow czarist rule and become the Communist Party. Later, in 1945, a novel is written by George Orwell chronicling a group of animals as they overthrow their farm in order to construct a government for themselves. When reading Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, it is evident the Russian Revolution is acting as a foundation for the novel. Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution…